Ola Electric, the ride-hailing firm's arm that launched its first e-scooter with the Ola S1 series on August 15, has raised over $200 million led by Falcon Edge, SoftBank, and others, tripling its valuation to $3 billion.
In 2019, then two-year-old Ola Electric had turned a unicorn after it raised $250 million from Masayoshi Son's SoftBank. The fundraise comes at a time when Ola has set the benchmark in two-wheeler sales by selling over $150 million of scooters in its first purchase window-outselling the entire two-wheeler industry on each of the two days.
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